Božidar

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| pronunciation={{IPA|sr|bôʒidaːr}}

| gender = male

| meaning = Divine gift / God's gift

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| origin = Slavic

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{{Wiktionary|Božidar}}

Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, {{lang-sr-cyr|Божидар}}, {{langx|pl|Bożydar}}, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar') is a Slavic masculine given name.

It means "divine gift", derived from the Slavic elements božĭjĭ ("divine") and darŭ ("gift").[https://www.behindthename.com/name/boz18idar Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Božidar] The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka.

Notable people with the name Božidar include:

• Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist
• Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb footballer
• Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), Canadian artist, writer, and musician
• Bozidar Cuk (born 1992), Montenegrin volleyball player
• Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), Bulgarian footballer
• Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
• Božidar Alić (1954–2020), Croatian actor
• Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter
• Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager
• Božidar Belojević (1928–1997), Yugoslav footballer
• Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player
• Božidar Bojović (1938–2021), Montenegrin chief physician and politician
• Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Ćosović (1916–1943), Yugoslav gendarmerie officer
• Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian footballer
• Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
• Božidar Delić (1956–2022), Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia
• Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
• Božidar Ðorđević (born 1959), Yugoslav rower
• Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
• Božidar Đurašević (1933–2022), Serbian chess player
• Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), Yugoslav middle distance runner
• Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
• Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer
• Božidar Goraždanin ({{fl.}} 16th century), founder of the Goražde printing house
• Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
• Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician
• Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene painter
• Božidar Janković, (1951–1993), Bosnian footballer
• Božidar Janković (1849–1920), Serbian army general and commander
• Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Jović (born 1972), Croatian handball player
• Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
• Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
• Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
• Božidar Kavran (1913–1948), Croatian Ustaše war criminal
• Božidar Kljajević (born 1953) is a Serbian historian, geographer and ethnologist
• Božidar Knežević (born 1862), Serbian philosopher
• Božidar Kolaković (1929–2010), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Kunc (1903–1964), Croatian composer and pianist
• Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan
• Božidar Leković (born 1991), Montenegrin handball player
• Božidar Liščić (1929–2020), Croatian engineer
• Božidar Magovac (1908–1955), Croatian journalist and politician
• Božidar Maksimović (1886–1969), Serbian lawyer and politician
• Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian basketball coach
• Božidar Matić (1937–2016), Bosnian politician and academic
• Božidar Milenković (1954–2020), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Milojković (born 1952), Serbian cartoonist and comic book artist
• Božidar Munćan (1925–1990), Serbian basketball player
• Božidar Nikolić (1942–2021), Serbian film director and screenwriter
• Božidar Orešković (1942–2010), Croatian actor
• Božidar Pavićević (1932–2004), Serbian actor
• Božidar Pešić (born 1952), Serbian basketball player
• Božidar Peter (1938–2012), former Croatian handball player
• Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
• Božidar Prokić (1859–1922), Serbian historian
• Božidar Puretić (1921–1971), Croatian physician
• Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
• Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), Yugoslav architect, scenographer and painter
• Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Senčar (1927–1987), Croatian footballer
• Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist
• Božidar Smiljanić (1936–2018), Croatian actor
• Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
• Božidar Stanišić (1936–2014), Montenegrin water polo player
• Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Vidoeski (1920–1998), Macedonian linguist
• Božidar Vučićević (born 1998), Serbian volleyball player
• Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serbian books
• Božidar Zečević (born 1948), Serbian film historian